With polls showing that health care is second only to the economy in the issues that will influence how people vote in the general election and over 80 per cent of people saying the NHS should be protected from public spending cuts, it is not surprising that all the main ...
The creation of health and wellbeing boards is one aspect of the NHS reforms that enjoys overwhelming support. The boards offer new and exciting opportunities to join up local services, create new partnerships with GPs, and deliver greater democratic accountability.
Our view is that the creation of health and wellbeing ...
Throughout the debate on the Health and Social Care Bill, The King's Fund has argued that the real choice is not between stability and change but between reforms that are well designed and deliver benefits to patients and those that are poorly planned and undermine NHS performance. The amendments made ...
In this response The King’s Fund highlight two pieces of their recent research: “Making shared decision-making a reality: no decision about me, without me” (Coulter and Collins 2012) produced a clear definition of shared decision-making and outlined what steps need to be taken to implement it; and “Patients’ preferences matter: ...
This document gives the King's Fund thoughts on the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry on the role of local authorities in health issues. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 fundamentally alters the relationship between local government and the NHS. Responsibility for many public health and health improvement functions ...
This briefing summarises The King's Fund's response to proposed government amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill. and We welcome the report of the NHS Future Forum and the government's response to its recommendations. The amendments proposed by the government respond to many of the concerns that we and others have raised and will significantly improve the Bill. It now offers a more promising approach to addressing the ...
The reforms set out in the coalition government’s White Paper have wide ramifications, particularly for GPs. NHS Lincolnshire decided to help GPs to understand the issues and behaviours that might emerge as a result of the reforms by running a simulation exercise with This report offers observations about individual and ...
The health care system needs to respond to the growing burden of chronic illness. Many NHS researchers, managers and clinical leaders believe that increased integration within the health service will help to achieve this, and the government has made clear its ambitions that the health reforms should encourage integrated care. ...
In December 2006, the Department of Health issued its second 'operating framework', The NHS in England: The operating framework for 2007/08, which provides a set of rules and guidance for NHS organisations in England for the year ahead. Aimed primarily at managers and clinical staff, the operating framework for 2007/8 ...